Fix internal channel id prefixing (#4484)

src/api/gramjs/apiBuilders/peers.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { Api as GramJs } from '../../../lib/gramjs';
 
 import type { ApiEmojiStatus, ApiPeerColor } from '../../types';
 
+import { CHANNEL_ID_LENGTH } from '../../../config';
+
 export function isPeerUser(peer: GramJs.TypePeer | GramJs.TypeInputPeer): peer is GramJs.PeerUser {
   return peer.hasOwnProperty('userId');
 }
@@ -21,7 +23,10 @@ export function buildApiPeerId(id: BigInt.BigInteger, type: 'user' | 'chat' | 'c
   }
 
   if (type === 'channel') {
-    return `-100${id}`;
+    // Simulates TDLib https://github.com/tdlib/td/blob/d7203eb719304866a7eb7033ef03d421459335b8/td/telegram/DialogId.cpp#L54
+    // But using only string operations. Should be fine until channel ids reach 10^12
+    // Example: 12345678 -> -1000012345678
+    return `-1${id.toString().padStart(CHANNEL_ID_LENGTH - 2, '0')}`;
   }
 
   return `-${id}`;

src/api/gramjs/gramjsBuilders/index.ts

@@ -37,13 +37,8 @@ import { pick } from '../../../util/iteratees';
 import { deserializeBytes } from '../helpers';
 import localDb from '../localDb';
 
-const LEGACY_CHANNEL_ID_MIN_LENGTH = 11; // Example: -1234567890
-
 function checkIfChannelId(id: string) {
-  if (id.length >= CHANNEL_ID_LENGTH) return id.startsWith('-100');
+  return id.length === CHANNEL_ID_LENGTH && id.startsWith('-1');
-  // LEGACY Unprefixed channel id
-  if (id.length === LEGACY_CHANNEL_ID_MIN_LENGTH && id.startsWith('-4')) return false;
-  return id.length >= LEGACY_CHANNEL_ID_MIN_LENGTH;
 }
 
 export function getEntityTypeById(chatOrUserId: string) {
@@ -545,12 +540,7 @@ export function buildMtpPeerId(id: string, type: 'user' | 'chat' | 'channel') {
   }
 
   if (type === 'channel') {
-    if (id.length === CHANNEL_ID_LENGTH) {
+    return BigInt(id.slice(2)); // Slice "-1", zeroes are trimmed when converting to BigInt
-      return BigInt(id.slice(4));
-    }
-
-    // LEGACY Unprefixed channel id
-    return BigInt(id.slice(1));
   }
 
   return BigInt(id.slice(1));

src/config.ts

@@ -294,12 +294,12 @@ export const SERVICE_NOTIFICATIONS_USER_ID = '777000';
 export const REPLIES_USER_ID = '1271266957'; // TODO For Test connection ID must be equal to 708513
 export const ANONYMOUS_USER_ID = '2666000';
 export const RESTRICTED_EMOJI_SET_ID = '7173162320003080';
-export const CHANNEL_ID_LENGTH = 14; // 14 symbols, including -100 prefix
+export const CHANNEL_ID_LENGTH = 14; // 14 symbols, based on TDLib's `ZERO_CHANNEL_ID = -1000000000000`
 export const DEFAULT_GIF_SEARCH_BOT_USERNAME = 'gif';
 export const ALL_FOLDER_ID = 0;
 export const ARCHIVED_FOLDER_ID = 1;
 export const SAVED_FOLDER_ID = -1;
-export const DELETED_COMMENTS_CHANNEL_ID = '-100777';
+export const DELETED_COMMENTS_CHANNEL_ID = '-1000000000777';
 export const MAX_MEDIA_FILES_FOR_ALBUM = 10;
 export const MAX_ACTIVE_PINNED_CHATS = 5;
 export const SCHEDULED_WHEN_ONLINE = 0x7FFFFFFE;

src/global/helpers/chats.ts

@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ export function isUserId(entityId: string) {
 }
 
 export function isChannelId(entityId: string) {
-  return entityId.length === CHANNEL_ID_LENGTH && entityId.startsWith('-100');
+  return entityId.length === CHANNEL_ID_LENGTH && entityId.startsWith('-1');
 }
 
 export function toChannelId(mtpId: string) {
-  return `-100${mtpId}`;
+  return `-1${mtpId.padStart(CHANNEL_ID_LENGTH - 2, '0')}`;
 }
 
 export function isApiPeerChat(peer: ApiPeer): peer is ApiChat {
@@ -435,7 +435,10 @@ export function getOrderedTopics(
 }
 
 export function getCleanPeerId(peerId: string) {
-  return isChannelId(peerId) ? peerId.replace('-100', '') : peerId.replace('-', '');
+  return isChannelId(peerId)
+    // Remove -1 and leading zeros
+    ? peerId.replace(/^-10+/, '')
+    : peerId.replace('-', '');
 }
 
 export function getPeerIdDividend(peerId: string) {

src/global/selectors/messages.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   canSendReaction,
   getAllowedAttachmentOptions,
   getCanPostInChat,
+  getCleanPeerId,
   getHasAdminRight,
   getIsSavedDialog,
   getMainUsername,
@@ -1428,7 +1429,7 @@ export function selectTopicLink<T extends GlobalState>(
 
   const chatUsername = getMainUsername(chat);
 
-  const normalizedId = chatId.replace('-100', '');
+  const normalizedId = getCleanPeerId(chatId);
 
   const chatPart = chatUsername || `c/${normalizedId}`;
   const topicPart = topicId && topicId !== MAIN_THREAD_ID ? `/${topicId}` : '';